Tetraphlebia patagonica (Mabille, 1885) (Erebia) comb. nov.

(Figs. 12 F; 30)

Holotype (male): MNHN, Paris, leg. Lebrun, 1883 (photo examined) Type location: Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina

Other combinations:

Faunula patagonica — Heimlich (1972); Peña & Ugarte (1997,p. 282); Lamas & Viloria (2004, p. 216); Pyrcz (2012).

Distribution. Found in the vicinity of Cochrane and Palena in Aisen Prov., Chile, and in Chubut and Neuquén Provinces, Argentina (Fig. 30).

Diagnosis. The dorsal fore and hindwings exhibit the postmedial rust-red patches displayed by other members of the genus. The ventral forewing exhibits the same singly-pupillated M1-M3 ocellus, and the hindwing is the same rectangular shape. Unlike other Tetraphlebia, T. patagonica exhibits two ventral hindwing ocelli in cells M3 and CuA1 (Fig. 12 F). Pyrcz (2012) considered it to be closely related to both T. eleates and T. leucoglene .

Remarks. This species was not available for thorough study. According to Peña & Ugarte (1997), the species flies slowly and perches on the ground on low to mid-elevation open grasslands.